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#77 Mike Maples: Living in the Future

The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish

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Are You Engaging in Mimetic Behavior?

The great leaders are often willing to be disagreeable, and theyare not motivated as much by approval seekers. I think it comes from this idea of a lack of mimetic behavior. It's literally baked into our operating system as humans. And in order to be a heretic, you've got to be willing to deal with the disapproval of the crowds.

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